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What is starch? What are the ultimate hydrolysis products?

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(i) Starch is a polysaccharide in which a large number of monosaccharide units are linked to each other by oxide bridges and these linkages are called glyosidic linkages. General formula of starch is `(C_(6)H_(10)O_(5)_(n)`.
(ii) It is a white amorphous substance with no taste or smell. (iii) Starch get hydrolysed to monosaccharides.
`underset("Starch")((C_(6)H_(10)O_(5))_(n))+nH_(2)Ooverset(H^(+))rarrunderset("Glucose")(nC_(6)H_(12)O_(6))`
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